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Ryan is a young mate of mine who has recently become conscious of his slowing metabolism and expanding waistline. He's still a thin fellow, but he wants to get in proper shape and has solicited my help (and facilities).

I've worked up an improvised template from Muscle and Brawn's own Reeve's Classic and taken advice from BTB regarding exercise structure. It looks like this:

As you can see, I've added some of my own flare to it. By this I mean, I've made some educated decisions and had to improvise in places.

Ryan does a lot of cycling - about an hour all up, to and from training. For this reason I've dropped the calf raises... it may be specious reasoning, but I really don't see a need for them right now (much like the abdominal work). They may be added to the routine in the coming months though, as Ryan is not happy with his calves. But then, not many people are.

The full body approach is especially good for Ryan, as he cannot commit to training here 3 days every week - but will likely be attending the Savickas Testing Facility two or three times per week, and boot camp training twice a week too. So regardless of how many times he can make it here, the template stays the same and there's no confusion as to what he's doing from one week to the next.

I will have details on height, weight, etc coming soon enough. But for now, here is how tonight's session went:

Some of the rep ranges are higher than they should be, as today we were primarily getting a feel for where Ryan's strength levels are at. He will be attending the STF again thursday, for a more punishing session.